Émile Durkheim

Numerous theorists have explained the causes of crime, the characteristics of a criminal, and the possible policy implementations. The essay will examine the comparison of Travis Hirschi’s theory of social control compared to classical criminology, Durkheim's theory, and Merton’s theory. Social control theory examines delinquency, and how “Delinquent acts result when an individual’s bond to society is weak or broken” (Hirschi, 2014, p. 231). He argues that delinquency is not subjected to one…

Today, crime is not a new matter. In fact, crime and violence have been existent in the United States for more than two centuries. We can trace crime all the way to the Old West to the inner cities of the early 1900s. Since then, criminal activity has constantly been evolving along with our nation. In order to protect the safety of the public, government agencies were created for the purpose of combating and deterring crime. Criminologist have placed great emphasis in determining why people…

scientific evidence should be used. Marx was a materialist and his theory was based on how capitalism affected society and how the economy and social classes effect individuals. Emile Durkheim 1858-1917 was a functionalist who focused on industrialisation and the division of labour and their impact on social cohesion. Durkheim saw society as an organic model where all separate parts served a function. Max Weber 1864-1920 focused on secularisation and the effects of the individuals of…

The act of volunteering allows us to not only provide a service to the community, but also to reflect on our everyday lives. Whilst volunteering at ‘Meals on Wheels’, an Australian non-profit organisation that provides meals for people requiring support, I delivered meals to recipients’ homes. Since ‘Meals on Wheels’ revolves around providing meals, it has led me to reflect on the everyday aspect of mealtime. Prior to learning about sociological theories, I took food for granted without thinking…

Religion is defined by the book to a a social institution involving beliefs and practices based on recognizing the sacred. There are several concepts from the lecture and book can be seen through this podcast. Religion is very complex as shown by Emile Durkheim thought of religion involves things that surpass the limits of our knowledge. The podcast discusses Reza’s life story and journey from war struck Iran to the United States. Reza describes that Muslim in Iran is more…

When considering suicide, how can we better educate our selves to help prevent less frequent occurrences through out our culture? Especially within our police culture. To help prepare and prevent suicide we must educate our selves on what are the causes and triggers leading up to suicide. Where does it all begin, and what satisfaction of one who decides to commit suicide? Focusing on a specific culture towards suicide, we can take a look at the police culture and suicide. Most may think that…

The term Religion can be defined as a cultural system of behaviors and practices, which determines the order of existence. However, based on Emile Durkheim he gave an over view of the basic concept of what religion is. He stated that religion involves “things that surpass the limits of our knowledge”, which on the other hand defines most objects, events, or experiences as profane meaning “outside the temple”, which entails an ordinary element of daily life. Therefore, we consider some of the…

Suicide claims the lives of thousands of people and is seen as both a private trouble and social issue. Individuals’ personal problems can be correlated with social structural problems in relation to aspects of depression, suicidal thoughts, attempts and successes. Reasons for suicide vary greatly from, perhaps difficulties at work to dysfunctional family issues from childhood past experiences. People decide to take their lives everyday for numerous different reasons, however, despite whatever…

individuals may experience negative and/or positive situations, which can later lead to different outcomes on how they deal with life after leaving the military. The environment in the military can be described as organic solidarity. In which, Émile Durkheim referred to organic solidarity as the interdependency of individuals in a group, and they tend to share the same beliefs and engage in similar activities (Appelrouth & Edles, 2016). With organic solidarity, individuals are aware that the…

Every individual in the world is either struggling with personal or social issues which may have a detrimental effect on their physical, mental and emotional health, which may affect the way they make their decisions in particular situations. When an individual believes they have explored every possible avenue to solve their problem but still have not reached a positive conclusion and cannot seem to carry on, many individuals resort to death as the solution to get rid of their issues because…